Because COVID-19 remains in Colorado, residents
are advised to stay home as much as possible, practice good hygiene by washing hands frequently and avoid touching your face, wear a face covering or mask when you leave home, and connect with neighbors and loved ones virtually.

Tri-County Health Department's Frequently Asked Questions
document can provide some
additional guidance on the Safer-at-Home order. To stay up to date on any additional orders or guidance at the local level, go to the Tri-County Health Department's website at TCHD.org/Coronavirus.

Thank you, Aurora, for doing your part, observing public health guidelines, reaching out to neighbors and friends, lifting up front-line health care workers and first responders, and supporting local businesses during this time.

City Encouraging Face Coverings to Keep People Safe
With public health and safety as our top priority, the city of Aurora formally adopted the state’s regulations on face coverings for workers in critical businesses and strongly encourage all Aurora businesses to require customers to wear a face covering at all times when inside the business and also encouraging customers to comply. These actions are essential as we continue under the Safer-at-Home order while keeping our community safe, supporting our local businesses and helping the economy begin to recover.

In March, the city of Aurora declared a state of disaster in response to COVID-19 to preserve and protect the public health, safety and welfare of its residents. This followed a state of emergency declaration that allows the city to expedite additional emergency resources to support the city's Office of Emergency Management and gives the city flexibility to procure additional essential resource, if needed.

The city would like to reassure our community that we are working closely with federal, state and local public health agencies to closely monitor the situation with COVID-19 (coronavirus). We are taking action to keep our community and staff safe.

It’s critical for residents to prepare, be proactive and learn about best practices to protect your health. Health officials recommend preventive actions like social distancing and increased handwashing and disinfecting to help curb the spread of COVID-19.

A cross-departmental team is meeting regularly to evaluate city operations. Check back to this website regularly for updates.

How is it spread?
•Through coughing and sneezing
•Close contact between people such as touching and shaking hands
•Touching an object or surface with the virus on it, then touching your mouth, nose, or eyes before washing your hands

What can I do?
•Wash your hands frequently with soap and hot water, or use alcohol-based hand sanitizer when handwashing isn’t feasible.
•Practice social distancing.
•Stay home when you’re sick.
•Cover your nose and mouth when coughing and sneezing.
•Avoid close contact with anyone with cold or flu-like symptoms.
•Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces.
•Get your annual flu shot.

What is the city of Aurora doing?
Keeping our customers and employees safe is a top priority.
•We are communicating regularly with local and regional emergency management and health agencies to review the current situation and coordinate our response.
•For those public spaces that remain open to the public, we are increasing the frequency of cleaning and sanitizing of offices, common areas and public areas to help prevent the spread of germs. Custodians are carrying special disposable wiping cloths during their entire shift and concentrating on all touchable points while performing their normal cleaning duties.
•We are increasing education about the virus and healthy habits to employees and visitors to our facilities that remain open.
•Our standard drinking water treatment methods assure a complete disinfection process, with no threat of drinking water becoming a source of the virus.